Course Materials

Writing Tools
Academic Phrases Manchester University
Useful Phrases Wallwork book
Question Tool Introduction
QT for the Discussion
Prepare your writing- Tiny Steps
Transitional Words and Phrases
COREQ: Questions for Reporting Qualitative Research
Outlining your paper
Templates for observational studies
How to start and end the discussion
Outline 1 Main questions
Outline 2 More detailed questions
Outline 3 Short answers

Websites
The Swales Moves Website
The Manchester Phrasebank
Academic Phrasebank
The Writer’s Diet
Readability Formulas
The Hemingway App
Look Through your Text – Voyant-tools.org
Words per Sentence Tool The 6 key parts in a powerful discussion sectionWriting the Methods Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lectures Online course 

  1. The writing process 1 https://youtu.be/SVJXFr7HWmw
  2. The writing process 2 https://youtu.be/9gElaeq7eNY
  3. Working with questions https://youtu.be/UsS4U0jBtX4
  4. Storyline of Introduction and Discussion https://youtu.be/4iTHmuyPPxI
  5. Paragraph structures https://youtu.be/sod5tSMSU5w
  6. Cohesion https://youtu.be/EG6QLe0c1cg
  7. The passive voice https://youtu.be/m4Wv6WCruGA
  8. Sentence length https://youtu.be/iLuEEYudx14
  9. Nominalizations https://youtu.be/hhHGDEbhUFU
  10. Hedging and boosting https://youtu.be/gz3jNYy64ns
  11. Punctuation https://youtu.be/wHXB7KlQctU
  12. Two grammar pitfalls https://youtu.be/kvPrmJwFaVU
  13. Verb tenses https://youtu.be/jWtL9qPZZZk

About science writing

Boost your GP with AI
Prepare your writing- Tiny Steps
How to Write Your First Research Paper
TheJoy-of-Writing
How to Overcome Writer’s Block
Time management Tips for writing   
How to Write a Literature Review
How to Write a Systematic Review
How to read a review paper
The Abstract 
Writing Cover Letters for Scientific Manuscripts
Notes on Writing a Paper
Making Tables and Figures
Ten Principles
Helen Sword: Stylish Academic Writing
Summary Writing Tips October 2019
Reader English For Publication
How to Write a paper_George M Hall BMJ
A checklist for improving abstracts 
Reading Tips
Metaphors in Science
Writing a qualitative research paper
How to start and end the discussion

Articles 
1. Plenty of Moustaches
2. Happiness in your Network 
3. Essay: The Curse of Knowledge (by Steven Pinker)
4a  The Darwin Awards full  text
4b The Darwin Awards I-M-R  
5. Use of Positive and Negative Words in Science
6. Impact of Spin (Boutron)
7. Spin in Published Biomedical Literature (Chiu)
8. BMJ Emoji in medical literature 
9. Sparse MRI (style best practice)
10..No time to die:  James Bond

 

 

 

Lecture Classroom Cohesion and Flow